Category: Dave’s Blog

Functional fitness has become something of a buzz word over the past few years. What is it? In simple terms, I like to define it as full body exercises based around movements and activities you do every day and which work through multiple plains. These can be replicated in the gym, with or without added Read More …

The modern world at large has had a pretty weird, up-and-down relationship with eggs for quite some time. Just the other day, eggs were widely seen as a cholesterol-loaded nightmare, with public health experts warning people off having more than a couple a week. Various swathes of the fitness community got the message, and started Read More …

One of the most common questions I get asked as a personal trainer, and one that I see often comes up in the fitness realm is: Can high protein diets cause damage to your kidneys? With so many claims telling you to do this and that, it can all get a little confusing, so I’m Read More …

You might have heard that massages after exercise are a pretty good way of staving off DOMS, speeding up muscle recovery, and just unwinding in general. Great! Except for the fact that getting a paid massage after each gym session could get more than a little pricey. That’s where foam rollers come in. The concept Read More …

As you might have heard from some of the gloomy news reports and articles floating around on the web, a lot of people have pretty poor posture these days. Stooped shoulders, forward heads, associated back pain, and all the rest. The reasons for this aren’t too hard to figure out. A lot of the population Read More …

So, you’ve been training steadily at the gym for a while now, working those abs, biceps, shoulders and lats with ruthless efficiency. You’ve noticed your physique improve leaps and bounds. It’s all starting to come together and… wait a minute; you haven’t been skipping leg day, have you? No matter how much attention you’ve been Read More …

Butter hasn’t had a whole lot of great press in the last few decades, mostly due to its high saturated fat and cholesterol content. A lot of the anti-dietary-cholesterol terror of the past has been debunked, with groups such as Heart UK openly acknowledging findings that dietary cholesterol seems not to be significantly linked to blood Read More …

Good sleep is essential for good health. Research has suggested that, among other things, sleep deprivation is linked to a greater likelihood of obesity, reduced athletic performance, and increased risk of heart disease and stroke. With so many people missing out on sleep altogether in order to keep up with work and social commitments, and Read More …

For anyone actively cutting weight, or even just trying to tidy up their diet, reduce snacking, and improve their overall health, knowing how to fight against hunger pangs is a great asset. Fortunately, there are a variety of foods which have been scientifically demonstrated to reduce hunger and keep people feeling fuller for longer. These Read More …

One of the hottest topics (no pun intended) surrounding proper workout formulation and recovery, is what temperature your post-workout bath or shower should be. Advocates of hot soaks typically talk about relaxing and loosening up the muscles post-workout, while fans of ice baths often bring up the apparent lactic-acid-flushing benefits of getting cold. So, what Read More …